Candle-mold



j I? A .UNITED lsfrAg 1}.gENT@FFI H. HALvoRsoN, or CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. l-

CANDLE-Mom). f1

Specification of Letters` Iatent No. 26,429, dated December `1.,`3,i1859`. i 1, ,5 .i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALvoR HALvoRsoN, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Candle- Molds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a central longitudinal section of the whole mold containing a candle. Fig.

2, is an external view of the innertube of the mold. Fig. 3, is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 4, exhibits the outer tube of the mold in section and the inner one entire. Fig. 5, is a top view of the complete mold.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the removal of the candles from the mold and prevent the inconvenience which frequently results from their sticking in the molds heretofore commonly employed, and to this end the nature of my invention consists in constructing the mold of two tubes one fitted within the other and with a tip of elastic or yielding material the outertube being rigid and as much larger than the candle as to admit within it the inner one, whose interior is of the desired size of the exterior of the candle, and which is made with a longitudinal slit and to possess such elasticity that when not confined within the outer one to such a degree as to keep the edges of its slit close together it will eX- pand and release the candle which hasbeen molded in it, and the tip being fitted into the `inner tube. y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is the outer rigid tube made of any suitable metal `or material with its interior of the taper that is desirable for the candle and open at both ends." B', is the inner or slit elastic tube of corresponding taper to t the outer-tube A. i This inner tube may be made ofany sufficiently elastic metal, in any suitable manner so that when the two edges, of its slit a, which are parallel with each other, meet, its interior shall be of the required size of the candle, and it is polished internally. Into the smaller end of this tube is fitted the tip` C,:which maywbel y of cork or any other slightly elastic oryield-` ing material that will not failxto permit` the,"` E f closing of the slit a, of thetube B, havingf 1 a hole through it for the wickfD, to passito, y through and having al cavity in its inner endl` l1 of the required `form for the tipof `the candle. y i The manufacture of candlesin this mold .l is as follows: The tubeA,ibeing`placed 11p-"p65 right with itsflarger endupwardkthe tube 1,1 B, is placed in it andpushed insofar as to.` i?. cause the closing` upof itsslit. The wickl is then passed through `the `tip .0, and@ l knotted at one endto prevent its being 70.@ i drawn through, and it has a pin or piece of` wire b, secured to the `other end to lie; across the upper end of thelmold, or is otherwise prof 1` vided with means of sustaining it in the delle ff ter of the mold; and the tip C, isafterward Y placed in the tube B,andfpushed` downas f far as is necessary leaving the" pin b, resting y on the top ofthe said tube, after which` the` material is poured intothe mold Landal-1" lowed to remaintherein until ithas"con;l gealed or become hard, when the pinb, is" removed and an upwardpressure is applied," by any contrivance that willnot touchthe` i l candle, `to the lower end of the `tube B,tillf`` L; the said tube becomes elevated so highzinf the outer tube A, as to be `permittedlby` the :j latter to eXpandby its `own elasticity, to suiiicient degree to leave the` candleloose i y within it.` The candle "may` then be pulled or pushed out ofthe mold withthe tip C,`re 9Q1 maining attached, withouthaving itseX-Q` terior `marred in the slightestdegree, and.;` on theknot `in the wick beingfcut theftip C, may be easily detached` from it.I fresh; wick is -then inserted inthe tip and onQt-he latter being replaced the tube B, and the` said tube being pressed into A, till 1its`ys1itisj closed the mold is ready to receive thema" terial for anotherfcandle. lj I prefer in the manufacture of candlesl for the sake of making `them very;` solidito` subject them to pressure after thelmaterial has become congealed butbefore itlbecomes too hard, and thisrpressure may be effected*` i i@ by the aid of therese styjinsefunglithalo saidtube before the pouring, only so far "intof the tube A, that the` slit `will not" be quitel closed, and then as soon as the materialisf p congealed, applying ltothe larger endfofl` the tube B, sufficient pressure xto force itin` 2. And in combination with the` elastic 10 slit tube B, I claim the tip C, of elastic or yielding material applied and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

H. HALVORSON. Witnesses:

Y RICHD. MITCHELL, Jr., f WILLIAM E. LINCOLN. 

